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On the 2020 Sunshine List · 10 years

Brian Byrnell

Counsel · Attorney General
2020 Total Compensation Paid
$130,551.94
▼ 31.5% since 2009

Brian Byrnell was paid $130,551.94 in total compensation as Counsel at Attorney General in 2020, 31% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Brian Byrnell has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2009, earning $2.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $195,038.00 a year, down 31% over that span.

That is 39% below the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$130,551.94
Latest compensation
in 2020
$2.0M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$195,038.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-31.5%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$113K$145K$176K$208K$239K2009201020122013201420152016201820192020
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Brian Byrnell's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $227,657.29
Lifetime total compensation$2.0M
Annual average$195,038.00
Total growth since 2009-31.5%
Biggest raise+9.1% (2019)
Biggest drop-42.7% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2020Latest
Counsel$130,551.94▼ 42.7%
2019★ Best
Counsel$227,657.29▲ 9.1%
2018
Counsel$208,723.78▲ 1.4%
2016
Counsel↑ role changed$205,911.52▼ 0.7%
2015
Counsel / Avocat$207,414.37▲ 3.4%
2014
Counsel / Avocat↑ role changed$200,526.87▲ 3.7%
2013
Counsel$193,415.99▲ 0.0%
2012
Counsel$193,388.06▲ 0.5%
2010
Counsel$192,341.60▲ 1.0%
2009First
Counsel$190,448.99
10 years total$2.0M total$195,038.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Counsel
Sector
Government of Ontario – Ministries
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2020
Years on list
10

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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